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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: [RFD] Election of a new Moderator
Message-ID: <jmonroyCG7w9q.6s2@netcom.com>
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 09:13:02 GMT
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RFD
Request For Discussion
Election of a new moderator
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For the record:
I want to plainly state that I do not, and have
never avdocated the elimination of NETBSD
workgroup, or even that NETBSD should work in a
separate newsgroup. The opposite is quite true.
If asked, I will state plainly that the work done
by the NETBSD group is separate, and of different
intent that that of 386BSD (et al.), and that the
quality is solely dependent on the author(s) that
inscribe their names to it.
The management of agate.berkeley.edu is not in
question.
[-------------------------------------------------------]
So as a matter of reference I will make the points
concisely. When responding please use the point number.
Thank you.
Point #1
--------
It is all too obvious to the casual observer
that the moderator and the author of 386BSD are
not on friendly terms. This is a source of
conflict.
Point #2
--------
Matters of fact don't deprive all the obvious.
The moderator is maintaining two jobs that are
in direct conflict-of-interest. The job as
moderator of "announce" is in conflict with
the job(s) concerning NETBSD.
Point #3
--------
Further, some of the persons in the NETBSD
work group are also not on good terms with
the author. The moderator is a member of
this group. This is also a source of conflict.
Point #4
--------
It is also quite apparent that NETBSD was
started in some attempt to circumvent (or offset)
the work being awaited by the users of 386BSD 0.1.
The reason given is, and continues to be, that
NETBSD is a more stable environment to work in.
In that NETBSD is not supporting 386bsd this is
also a conflict.
Point #5
---------
Be it that NETBSD may be the superior product,
(so to speak) it is plain that it derives it's roots
from previous versions of the BSD operating system,
namely 386bsd. However, persons in the NETBSD
group continue to down play the works, efforts, and
good faith intents of those still involved with 386BSD.
This is also a conflict.
Point #6
--------
It is also obvious, from statements, that unless
articles for "announce" conform to a different
criteria they will not be posted. That is, a criteria
not wholly compatible with the original intent of
the 386bsd newsgroup "announce". This is also
a point of conflict.
Point #7
--------
"announce" no longer serves the purpose of informing
the community of activities, entities, policies or
services for or about 386BSD. It is currently
confined to articles to the reprehense of 386BSD.
Better yet, announcements about "things" for 386BSD
do not seem to appear on "announce", hence the
moderated group "announce" is not serving the
original charter. This is also a conflict.
Conclusion
----------
Be it the circumstances that are, either
comp.os.386bsd.announce must terminate or the
moderator must terminate the plainly-visible
conflict-in-interest that is being maintained.
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Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com
Zebra Research
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